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It might be worth it. It depends on what type of deck you're using, vs what colors and such. It'd be easier to use in a white/black deck.

I think I made black vamps deck based around this, sangromancer and Elixir of immortality.

A few despises, geth's verdicts when you have a sangromancer out, and you pretty quickly gain HP.

In a limited format the Chalice of Life is almost never going to be flipped. There are a few cards, such as Gnaw to the Bone that are exceptions to the rule, but hitting the one chalice you drafted and the one or two Gnaw to the Bone just to get an artifact that will likely end up being removed? I'd rather just draft two solid creatures/removal in it's place and if I have the cards pushed to me later on maybe run them as a one of just to see how it goes.

you dont even need gnaw to the bone...look at this deck (created it yesterday)
http://www.mtgvault.com/ViewDeck.aspx?DeckID=295691
hope this helps

I think the OP is talking about using the chalice in limited format. That means sealed and draft, not constructed. It's not hard to build a deck that uses it well in standard, it's nearly impossible when your card pool is random and you might only have access to 2 or 3 cards required.